![]() Ms Simpson, from Leeds, has been missing since 2000 but is not a sex worker. Ms Fitt was a prostitute who lived in Bradford and Leeds and was found murdered in 1992. Much of the speculation has centred on the cases of Yvonne Fitt, Gemma Simpson and Rebecca Hall. Widespread speculation has appeared in the media about whether Griffiths is responsible for other murders. Police also believe he could have gone on to kill more women before he was caught. There have even been reports he was unhappy when his macabre story was knocked off the front pages by Cumbrian gunman Derrick Bird. It is understood Griffiths “revelled” in his notoriety and the status he thought it brought him as a serial killer. So far they have found no evidence of this.Īt first Griffiths co-operated with detectives when he was arrested and confessed to the three murders but he has been silent ever since and now refuses to talk to police. Police said it is virtually impossible to verify his claims.ĭetectives have not ruled out that Griffiths may have killed more women and are looking for any evidence which links him to other unsolved murders or missing persons. He told police he cooked pieces of flesh and also ate some raw. Griffiths also claims to have eaten some of the flesh of his victims. He made attempts to clean up but blood spots were left in his flat and detectives were able to make a match. His method of killing was so gruesome it could have come from a horror movie, using knives and a power tool to cut up the bodies in the bath of his flat. It is claimed Griffiths’s PhD research into serial killers caused him to “flip” and seek out prostitutes. Police sources believe his killing spree could have been triggered by his studies. Kathy Hancock told the News of the World newspaper how Griffiths battered and abused her and kept her a virtual prisoner as he controlled every aspect of her life.īut despite court orders and twice being put in custody, Griffiths continued to hound his girlfriend, the paper claimed. His girlfriends said he was violent and abused them but were too terrified to testify against him and no charges were brought. In 1991 he received a 24-month sentence at Leeds Crown Court for affray and possession of an offensive weapon. He was ordered to do 100 hours’ community service as he had fallen foul of the previous conviction. In 1989 he was prosecuted for possession of an air pistol but was not jailed. He spent time in Rampton high security hospital in Nottinghamshire in the early 1990s.Īs a 17-year-old he was arrested for shoplifting in a supermarket but as he was detained he slashed a security guard’s throat with a knife. Griffiths has a violent past and has a history of poor mental health. THE magnitude of Stephen Griffiths’s confessed crimes will inevitably open a floodgate of analysis into what drove him to such barbarity and whether he killed anyone else.
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